Thurloes Beauty Parlour - Kensington

On a recent walk around Kensington, we took in locations from Roman Polanski's "Repulsion". The hairdressers where the character Carol works at is actually Thurloes Beauty Parlour. It is now frequented by Margaret Thatcher who turns up in a limo every couple of weeks for her world famous haircut... A true palimpsest of film location.

For more on the crossed destinies of Kensington from a recent walk read...

http://englishheretic.blogspot.com/2010/09/searching-for-keeley-institute.html

The Osmonds - "The Plan"

In 1973, The Osmonds released their most ambitious album "The Plan" - a Mormon Concept album with Progressive Rock  leanings...

Promo film here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx3-fxfpxRk

Vivian Stanshall's Week - 3 of 3

Vivian Stanshall's Week - 2 of 3

Vivian Stanshall's Week - 1 of 3

The Sunflower

The Sunflower - Julia Margaret Cameron
Albumen print from a collodion negative, 1871

"He can't hear you, old boy, he's been dead since 1832."

Jeremy Bentham's Auto-Icon.

Death Masks (& Hands) 3

Martin Luther.

Death Masks 2

Oliver Cromwell; The Duke Of Wellington; Isaac Newton.

Death Masks 1

Jonathan Swift; John Keats; William Blake.

Hell with the lid on

The constantly updated catalogue of entrances to Hell in and around the UK

http://www.entrances2hell.com/index.html

Phenomena and Occurrences

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/Karel/design_by_julian_house

Cardboard, Cardboard, Cardboard Coffin

Words

Ugh.



All smiles now.

http://betweenchannels.blogspot.com/

Popular Pastimes, no.3

Leaning.

Guide Me Fox: Monitoring Fox Movements in the Netherlands

Pretty Filbert Nails

DRU

They also did 'The Bury Bell' in Belbury town centre

DRU

Listen and Learn

Here's a quick, crackly lesson for you all. Leonard Clark reads 'Here, There, Everywhere' and 'Day In August' in his gentle Forest of Dean burr.